Guild
What Our Members Do: Marko Costanzo
“Foley artists create sounds in sync with actions seen on screen. We will make the footstep sounds for every character in a film, giving their steps the personality the actor portrays on camera.”
News
Guild
What Our Members Do: Dominick Tavella, CAS
In 2012, Sound One, the studio I was working at, abruptly closed (with one week’s notice!) and I had about four or five months of solid work lined up ready to start in three weeks or so.
Guild
What Our Members Do: Moises Cruz
The vault is the very first department through which each media asset goes. My job is to make sure that each asset is assigned a unique barcode number and that every single detail is entered into our inventory system for all tracking purposes.
Guild
‘A Turning Point’ in the International Alliance – A Report from the 68th IA Convention
CineMontage reviews the highlights of the 68th Quadrennial IATSE Convention
Awards
MPSE Announces Golden Reel Awards Nominees
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced nominees for the 65th MPSE Golden Reel Awards.
Guild
What Our Members Do: Yasuhiko Inoue
My job is to dance with footage and strike a pose or two in the routine; I find the best moment, rhythm, angle in the footage.
Guild
What Our Members Do: Telon Weathington
“I log and transcribe reality footage and interviews in real time. When I am logging footage, I am typing detailed descriptions of the scenes and noting what is important. When I am transcrib- ing, I am typing what is said in the interviews word for word.”
Departments
Flipping Reality – There’s Power in Post
In February 2013, about a year before the formation of the Guild’s Membership Outreach Committee, I and the other editors and assistant editors of the fourth season of Swamp People (2010-present) returned to work under an IATSE contract after a four-day work stoppage that “flipped” the previously non-union show.
Guild
What Our Members Do: Harry Peck Bolles
I’ve worked in NBC’s News Film Archive since 2005. I work freelance, which gives me a nicer contract with a better pay rate, and I still have the MPI health and pension plans. I’m a film librarian and, since 2015, I have been the “chief.”
Committee News
Dim Sum and Diversity:
A Discussion of Shared Experiences
The Guild’s Asian-American Steering Committee hosted a traditional brunch and panel discussion by distinguished group of Asian-heritage union members.
